February 24, 1997 (Volume 62)

Federal Register February 24, 1997

View all documents issued on February 24, 1997. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

143 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 24, 1997

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revise procedures for accepting vendor bids to supply commodities for use under export donation programs. An Electronic Bid Entry System (EBE...
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We are giving notice that the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), an international treaty developed to control the global spread of plant pests, is currently being revised to meet the changing needs of plant protection and international...
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As required by section 301(a) of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988, as amended by the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (``FTA Implementation Act''), this is a notification that the Secretar...
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The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) issued on February 28, 1997 for the Waterville Valley Ski Area Snowmaking Pond Impoundments Project (Waterville Valley Impoundments Project), on...
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Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) will hold its eighth plenary meeting. The ETTAC was created on May 31, 1994, to promote a close working-relationship between government and industry and to expand export growth in priori...
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NMFS announces final 1997 harvest specifications for Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish and associated management measures. This action is necessary to establish harvest limits and associated management measures for groundfish during the 1997 fishing ye...
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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by vessels catching pollock for processing by the inshore component in the Bering Sea subarea (BS) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exc...
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The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the continuing information collections, as required b...
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NMFS notifies the public of how public comments on Fishery Management Plans (FMPs), FMP amendments, and their implementing regulations will be handled under the procedures of the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Ste...
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the National Technical Information Service Advisory Board (the ``Board'') will meet on Tuesday, March 18, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and on Wednesday...
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This notice responds to Section 209(c) of the National Sea Grant College Program Act, 33 U.S.C. 1128, which requires the Secretary of Commerce to solicit nominations for membership on the Sea Grant Review Panel at least once a year. This advisory com...
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The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

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Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a guaranteed access level.
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Navy is amending the Procedures for the Board for Correction of Naval Records. This revision incorporates format changes and clarifies various minor provisions of the part.
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Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board logo Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

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Education Department logo Education Department

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The Director, Information Resources Management Group, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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The Director, Information Resources Management Group, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy (the Department or DOE) is convening a public workshop to discuss a new approach to assessing the likely impacts on manufacturers of appliance energy-efficiency standards that are under consideration by the Department. All pe...
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The Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of proposed rulemaking on December 23, 1996, (61 FR 67600) concerning amending its primary standards for occupational radiation protection. That notice provided the public with the opportunity to prov...
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing for comment draft Phase I Acid Rain permits and permit modifications including nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X) compliance plans in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR parts 72...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing, as a direct final action, Phase I Acid Rain permits and permit modifications including nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X) compliance plans in accordance with the Acid Rain Program regulations (40 CFR...
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EPA is correcting the time for the submission of comments on the notice of filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of a regulation exempting from the requirement of a tolerance residues of extracts from Quercus falcata (red oak) Rh...
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EPA is taking direct final action on revisions to the California State Implementation Plan. The revisions concern rules from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and Yolo- Solano Air Quality Management District (YSAQMD). This appr...
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On October 20, 1994, the EPA published a direct final rule partially approving and partially disapproving the Ohio Stage II gasoline vapor recovery program. Subsequent to that publication, EPA approved additional sections of the Ohio Administrative C...
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EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP) which concern the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from wastewater separators and pharmaceutical manufacturing operations. The intended effect...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 1997
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on November 19, 1990 to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. The...
Notice Feb 24, 1997
In an October 22, 1993 Federal Register, EPA solicited public comment on a proposal to amend 40 CFR Parts 51, 52, 60 and 61 to eliminate language that has been read to provide for exclusive reliance on reference test methods as the means of demonstra...
Rule Feb 24, 1997
EPA is providing notice of proposed administrative penalty assessment and proposed Consent Agreement for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. EPA is also providing notice of opportunity to comment on the proposed assessment. Under 33 U.S.C. Sec...
Notice Feb 24, 1997
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled a peer-review workshop to be held on March 5, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to review a revised draft of Chapter 8. Dose-Response Modeling, which is part of the Health Assessment Docume...
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EPA will hold a public meeting on March 21, 1997, to solicit public comment on resistance management plans for plant pesticides, including the necessity for such plans, critical elements of resistance management plans and requirements for successful...
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Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

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The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) is publishing a notice outlining the history of the former Jackson Farm Credit District and explains that the Federal Land Bank of Jackson (FLBJ) and the Federal Land Bank Association of Jackson (FLBAJ) were place...
Notice Feb 24, 1997
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA), by the FCA Board (Board), proposes to amend the regulations that appertain to the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac or Corporation) by adding a subpart to govern a receivership or conservators...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 1997

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Commission, at the request of Acorn Broadcasting Company, allots Channel 282A to Galena, Kansas. See 61 FR 47471, September 9, 1996. Channel 282A can be allotted to Galena in compliance with the Commission's distance separation requirements with...
Rule Feb 24, 1997
Section 623(k) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 534(k), which was added by the Cable Television and Consumer Protection Act of 1992, requires the Commission to publish annually a statistical report on average rates for the del...
Notice Feb 24, 1997
The Commission will consider proposing new service, licensing, and competitive bidding rules for spectrum allocated to Multiple Address Systems in the Fixed Microwave Services. 4............................. Wireless telecommunications..................
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Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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The Federal, State, and Puerto Rico tax tables for calculating the relocation income tax (RIT) allowance must be updated yearly to reflect changes in Federal, State, and Puerto Rico income tax brackets and rates. The Federal, State, and Puerto Rico t...
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing guidance on labeling of foods that need refrigeration by consumers to maintain safety or quality. This guidance, which represents FDA's policy on adequate safe handling instructions for food, should...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responding to objections and is denying the requests that it received for a hearing on the final rule removing the standards of identity for lowfat milk and skim milk as well as those for other lower-fat dair...
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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This rule identifies communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). These communities have applied to the program and have agreed to enact certain floodplain management measures. The communities' participation in the progra...
Rule Feb 24, 1997
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-1158-DR), dated January 16, 1997, and related determinations.
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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Washington, (FEMA-1159-DR), dated January 17, 1997, and related determinations.
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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On January 27, 1997 (62 FR 3972), HUD published a notice to implement that part of section 106 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Pub. L. 104- 330, approved October 26, 1996) that requires HUD to p...
Notice Feb 24, 1997
This notice announces (1) preliminary meetings sponsored by HUD to develop the regulations necessary to carry out the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Pub. L. 104-330, approved October 26, 1996); and (2...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Bay-Delta Advisory Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss several issues including: a review of the Phase II schedule; an overview of the storage and conveyance component; an overview of the ecosystem restoration component; an update on restoration...
Notice Feb 24, 1997
The Coastal Barrier Improvement Act requires the Secretary of the Interior to review the maps of the Coastal Barrier Resources System (System) at least once every 5 years and make any minor and technical modifications to the boundaries of System unit...
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Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of the Act of September 28, 1976, U.S.C. 1901 et seg., and according to the provisions of Section 9.17(a) of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 9, Subpart A, Steve Hick...
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The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain recovery-related activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq....
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The FGDC is sponsoring a public review of the draft ``Content Standards for Digital Orthiomagery'', and the draft ``Content Standards for Digital Elevation Data'' to be considered for adoption as FGDC standards. If adopted, the standards must be foll...
Notice Feb 24, 1997
The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.
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Pursuant to 43 CFR Part 8364, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will annually close a BLM-maintained road designated as Mathers TT329 to public access at State Highway 380 from March 1 through June 1. This period may be extended earlier or later, o...
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This notice announces an upcoming meeting of the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463).
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act that a meeting of the Delta Region Preservation Commission will be held at the following place and time.
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Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will meet in formal session on Thursday, March 20 from 8...
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This order revokes a Secretarial order insofar as it affects 600 acres of public lands withdrawn for Powersite Reserve No. 133. The waterpower potential in these lands has been fully developed. These lands have been open to mineral leasing and, under...
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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This document extends the period for filing comments regarding the proposed rule to amend and revise the regulations implementing the Black Lung Benefits Act. This action is taken to permit additional comment from interested persons.
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 1997

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Records schedules identify records of sufficient value to warrant...
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National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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Due to changes in the credit union environment, in October of 1996, the NCUA authorized a change in the mission and a corresponding name change of the Asset Liquidation and Management Center (ALMC). The new name is the Asset Management and Assistance...
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National Science Foundation

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Notice of Application for an Order Pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``1940 Act'').
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Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Notice of Application for Deregistration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'').
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Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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The Surface Transportation Board (Board) proposes to remove from the Code of Federal Regulations obsolete regulations concerning rail passenger carrier commutation or suburban fare increases.
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Trade Representative, Office of United States

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By this notice, the Trade Policy Staff Committee informs the public of certain U.S. import statistics for the period from January through October 1996 and affords the public an opportunity to comment on decisions, (including certain discretionary dec...
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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This amendment changes the name of the Johnson County Industrial Airport, Olathe, KS to New Century Aircenter, Olathe, KS for the class D and E5 airspace.
Rule Feb 24, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain British Aerospace Model BAe 146 series airplanes and Model Avro 146-RJ series airplanes, that requires inspections to detect leakage of hydraulic fluid from the lock jack...
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This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Fokker Model F27 Mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700 series airplanes, that requires repetitive x-ray inspections to detect cracks in stringers 4 through 7 of the lowe...
Rule Feb 24, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Fokker Model F27 series airplanes, that requires increasing the torque value of the bolt that connects the gearbox housing assembly of the steering unit to the pivot brac...
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This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain I. A. M. Rinaldo Piaggio (Piaggio) Model P180 airplanes. The proposed action would require repetitively inspecting for cracks around the vertical pin and t...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 1997
This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 series turbofan engines, that currently requires for front compressor front hubs (fan hubs), cleaning; initial and repetitive e...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 1997
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Saab Model SAAB 2000 series airplanes, that requires a visual inspection to determine if rudder disconnection has occurred, and replacement of the disconnect unit with a...
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The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that we have suspended preparation of an environmental impact statement for a proposed transportation improvement project in Santa Fe and San Miguel Counties, New Mexico.
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The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Worcester County, Maryland.
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NHTSA proposes to update its lists in Appendices A, B, and C of Part 544 of passenger motor vehicle insurers that are required to file reports on their motor vehicle theft loss experiences. If these revised appendices are adopted in a final rule, eac...
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The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at Yellowstone Regional Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and Part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 158).
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Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1994, FRA proposes a rule to require minimum Federal safety standards for the preparation, adoption, and implementation of emergency preparedness plans by railroads connected...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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The report is now available. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. I section 10(d), of the Federal Advisory Committee Act; and 5 U.S.C. section 552b, the Government in the Sunshine Act: A report summarizing the closed meeting activities of the Art Advisory Panel...
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Closed meeting of the Art Advisory Panel will be held in Washington, DC.
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The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
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The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
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Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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This document proposes to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedule for Rating Disabilities by revising the evaluation criteria for diagnostic code 5293, intervertebral disc syndrome. The intended effect of this amendment is to clarify t...
Proposed Rule Feb 24, 1997
The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing to amend its adjudication regulations for determining service connection of dental conditions for purposes of eligibility for outpatient dental treatment. Current regulations contain overlapping provisi...
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